Utah-Jay
BH Companion
Last Activity: Today, 09:29 PM
Joined: 01-23-2021
Location: KHCR
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Congrats, that is awesome -
Flew from KHCR (Heber City, UT) yesterday to the Bearhawk Homeland (aka Fairview, OK) It was a two leg trip that totaled 7.2 hours. Stopped at KGXY to...Last edited by Utah-Jay; Today, 03:21 PM.Leave a comment:
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So we all like flight data, so here is some in the wild.
Landing at Cedar Mountain, elevation is 7500’ and the DA was just over 10K… All speeds...Leave a comment:
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Did a 5 hour backcountry tour today visiting some amazing places, made stops at Cedar Mountain, Mineral Canyon, Happy Canyon, did a low flyover of Dirty...Leave a comment:
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TJ_Slice
There a better way
I would mount two of these on a wing rib, obviously use a doubler. More aerodynamic and super...Leave a comment:
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TJ_Slice
here ya go
I had to add a spacer to the boom handle would not hit the strut. I used the same material (silicone...Leave a comment:
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I use the Flysto.net website for post flight review, here is an interesting data page. Speeds are in MPH. Obviously the 0 is a mistake, my slowest was...Last edited by Utah-Jay; 06-11-2025, 08:28 PM.Leave a comment:
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I spent a lot of time polishing those wings, from memory it took 12 days and spent 8-10 hours a day polishing.
I got a 360 camera yesterday...Leave a comment:
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Charlie got her first bath today
Before
After
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Have-Purple
In the attached photo (yes my wing is very dirty) the back side of the VG’s are 4 1/8” from the front edge of the line of...Leave a comment:
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Can and have (unintentionally) touched the TW first on a couple of my very slow landings. I am really studying my data on Flysto. I have posted quite...Last edited by Utah-Jay; 06-06-2025, 01:16 PM.Leave a comment:
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Rib stitching is not difficult nor time consuming. I was not happy to have to do it, but in all honesty it is a pittance of time compared to the covering...Leave a comment:
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No, my understanding is that when the BH design incorporated the airfoil H-Stab the H-Stab VG’s did not make a difference.
I read Harry...Leave a comment:
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Have-Purple
Chris put them at 8%, I followed his lead after his extensive testing.
I glued them in at a set distance from a...Leave a comment:
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I am down in Heber City, might come visit at some pointLeave a comment:
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Sadly Dynon is not compatible with XMLeave a comment:
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I had a venting issue where my engine was not getting enough fuel. We (two buddies who are airplane builders and myself) were scratching our heads trying...Last edited by Utah-Jay; 06-03-2025, 01:38 PM.Leave a comment:
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Hall Brother VG’s
I see most of you use StolSpeed VG’s and I did not want to hijack that thread
Chris Spira (flying Patrol and building a Companion) down...
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